The Pseudogene BMEA_B0173 Deficiency in Brucella melitensis Contributes to M-epitope Formation and Potentiates Virulence in a Mice Infection Model

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第一作者： Zhang, Ge

作者： Zhang, Ge;Shen, Xingjia;Zhang, Ge;Jiang, Hui;Ding, Jiabo;Dong, Hao;Feng, Yu;Sun, Jiali;Wang, Xin;Liu, Minghe;Peng, Xiaowei;Zhang, Yinghui;Zhang, Xiaoqian;Zhu, Liangquan;Wu, Tonglei

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期刊名称：CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY （ 影响因子：2.343； 五年影响因子：2.408 ）

ISSN： 0343-8651

年卷期： 2022 年 79 卷 12 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： It is widely acknowledged that pseudogenes play important roles in bacterial diversification and evolution and participate in gene regulation and RNA interference (RNAi). However, the function of most pseudogenes in Brucella spp remains poorly understood, warranting further studies.To comprehensively analyze the function of the pseudogenes BMEA_B0173 in Brucella melitensis strain 63/9, a BMEA_B0173 in-frame deleted mutant strain was constructed. Then, the phenotypes of the mutant strain, such as growth characteristics and bacterial virulence, were assessed in mice infection models. Finally, iTRAQ analysis was performed to investigate the gene expression profile affected by the pseudogenes BMEA_B0173. In this study, we found that BMEA_B0173 deletion exhibited increased agglutination with M monospecific sera. In a mouse model of chronic infection, the BMEA_B0173 deletion strain displayed increased colonization in the spleen compared to the wild-type pathogen. The iTRAQ assay revealed that 252 proteins were differentially expressed between the BMEA_B0173 deletion and the wild-type strains. In addition, deletion of BMEA_B0173 significantly increased the expression of proteins involved in the denitrification pathway, iron metabolism, and several transcriptional regulators, which might cause increased virulence of the mutant strain. In conclusion, this study preliminary uncovered the function of the pseudogene BMEA_B0173 in Brucella melitensis 63/9 and provided novel insights for studying the pathogenesis of Brucella strains.

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